I wonder how much damage that LCD can take before it's trashed. Something that small would go everywhere with me. Anyone have any experence with anything like that?
I've played them all and I still think the PS2 is the best, with the N64 a close second. I realize that better graphics and sound enhance game-play, but it's really about playability. I still think Mario Kart 64 is one of the best games out, I love GT3 for the graphics, but Mario Kart 64 is still a killer game.
From what I've read there are about 5 (on average) reasonable moves for each turn in chess. On average there about about 50 moves in each game. This would give you 10^35 nodes to search for the "perfect game". For Go, it's 10 and 100 thus, 10^100 nodes.
As a Junior software developer I think the whole title thing is silly. Don't hand out titles for the sake of the workers, the more important you make them the more important they become. I know who's been here longer and who's better at skill x. There may be some small benifit to new employees, but a good mentor program will take care of that. People get very resentful when an idiot gets a "senior" title because he's been around a long time. Then this "senior" person thinks they are in charge of everyone else. If you must use pay scales they are less public.
I did a Timesheet program for my company. This turned out to be much more complicated that it seemed. Will you be tracking overtime, vacation, sick time (how much someone has available), nonbilliable vs. billiable, etc... ?
If it's just a punch clock, do it yourself. but keep in mind your still going to have to take care of things like security, now you've got to have a list of every employee and keep it current. Depending on the systems that your HR and Accounting departments use this may not be a huge problem, but it's something to consider. Take care not to underestimate this project.
I'm in similar situation. I've got 6 years of VB programming (application development) and I would like to move to software engineering. I'm one class into my masters and still am not sure I've got the talent or if a masters in CS will give me the knowledge I need to have a software engineering job.
I have realized a few things along the way. What is it that you want to do? If it's application development then get your M$ certs and make more money that way. If you want to get into something like AI or Crypto (IMHO) your better off with a formal education. God knows I'll never use a binary search tree in Visual Basic. Everything you need to know you can get from a book (or a few books) school is jumping through the hoops and making connections in the industry.
A B.S. is designed to make you an educated person while teaching you a skill. If you just want the skill, get the certs and take classes at Productivity Point (no offence to them). Are you moving jobs? Are you willing to take a pay cut if your doing something new? Seems to me that if your good at what you do and want to move to management, get a business degree.
A masters will round out your education, hone your skills, turn you into a professional. I've got very few skills to hone but I'm hoping I can catch up.
Getting a degree is difficult, if it weren't everyone would have one. If you've got the skills you say you have, school should be easier but it's going to take just a long. And the calc and history classes won't be fun.
Hang in there and remember you only get out what you put in. Good luck.
What about a chess or checkers game? I would think tick-tack-toe on a PS2 would be impressive for a school project. The code would not be too hard to write but that's not the hard part with this kind of project.
I would keep in mind what you think would impress your profs. Do they like lots of code, or a clever and unique project?
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I wonder how much damage that LCD can take before it's trashed. Something that small would go everywhere with me. Anyone have any experence with anything like that?
I prefer the blatant ones. I can ignore them instead of getting sucked into clicking on a link.
I've played them all and I still think the PS2 is the best, with the N64 a close second. I realize that better graphics and sound enhance game-play, but it's really about playability. I still think Mario Kart 64 is one of the best games out, I love GT3 for the graphics, but Mario Kart 64 is still a killer game.
Same could be said for many of the N64 games.
This site is a great one for more info about solar sails. Exciting technology, I remember watching Cosmos and Segan talking about it.
From what I've read there are about 5 (on average) reasonable moves for each turn in chess. On average there about about 50 moves in each game. This would give you 10^35 nodes to search for the "perfect game". For Go, it's 10 and 100 thus, 10^100 nodes.
The "reasonable" part is whats tough.
I wonder what "light" the VLT will shead on this once the interferometer is fully operational.
Does anyone know? Can the VLT be used to gather this kind of data?
the universe never began and will never end
Thanks for the recap of the 1st law of thermodynamics, nice to hear it's still with us.
I thought this was a discussion about robots and not about the morality of using landmines?
As a Junior software developer I think the whole title thing is silly. Don't hand out titles for the sake of the workers, the more important you make them the more important they become. I know who's been here longer and who's better at skill x. There may be some small benifit to new employees, but a good mentor program will take care of that. People get very resentful when an idiot gets a "senior" title because he's been around a long time. Then this "senior" person thinks they are in charge of everyone else. If you must use pay scales they are less public.
Just my $.02
I did a Timesheet program for my company. This turned out to be much more complicated that it seemed. Will you be tracking overtime, vacation, sick time (how much someone has available), nonbilliable vs. billiable, etc... ?
If it's just a punch clock, do it yourself. but keep in mind your still going to have to take care of things like security, now you've got to have a list of every employee and keep it current. Depending on the systems that your HR and Accounting departments use this may not be a huge problem, but it's something to consider. Take care not to underestimate this project.
Good luck,
Dan
I'm in similar situation. I've got 6 years of VB programming (application development) and I would like to move to software engineering. I'm one class into my masters and still am not sure I've got the talent or if a masters in CS will give me the knowledge I need to have a software engineering job.
I have realized a few things along the way. What is it that you want to do? If it's application development then get your M$ certs and make more money that way. If you want to get into something like AI or Crypto (IMHO) your better off with a formal education. God knows I'll never use a binary search tree in Visual Basic. Everything you need to know you can get from a book (or a few books) school is jumping through the hoops and making connections in the industry.
A B.S. is designed to make you an educated person while teaching you a skill. If you just want the skill, get the certs and take classes at Productivity Point (no offence to them). Are you moving jobs? Are you willing to take a pay cut if your doing something new? Seems to me that if your good at what you do and want to move to management, get a business degree.
A masters will round out your education, hone your skills, turn you into a professional. I've got very few skills to hone but I'm hoping I can catch up.
Getting a degree is difficult, if it weren't everyone would have one. If you've got the skills you say you have, school should be easier but it's going to take just a long. And the calc and history classes won't be fun.
Hang in there and remember you only get out what you put in. Good luck.
What about a chess or checkers game? I would think tick-tack-toe on a PS2 would be impressive for a school project. The code would not be too hard to write but that's not the hard part with this kind of project.
I would keep in mind what you think would impress your profs. Do they like lots of code, or a clever and unique project?